Clive Owen has admitted that he has contemplated retiring from acting.

The Killer Elite star told Bang Showbiz that scaling back on his commitments was a better alternative.

The 46-year-old explained: "I'd be a liar if I said I'd never thought about giving it up. I'd done too many films back to back and got tired, for the first time really.

"I've always been passionate about acting, it's the only thing I've wanted to do - but there was a time a number of years back where I started to realise that the rhythm of constantly making films wasn't great for me."

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Explaining why he agreed to Killer Elite, he added: "I was intrigued and fascinated about what happens to these highly-trained guys in the elite forces - who go through this rigorous training and find themselves in the most intense situations - when they have to retire and live a normal life."